Martha Nizinski

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Department / Division

Education

B.S. 1983. West Virginia Wesleyan College
M.S. 1986. University of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D. 1998. The College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Collections Areas

Arthropoda
- Branchiopoda
- Maxillopoda
  - Cirripedia
- Malacostraca
  - Anomura
  - Astacidea
  - Brachyura
  - Caridea
  - Dendrobranchiata
  - Euphausiacea
  - Nephropidae
  - Procarididea
  - Stenopodidea
  - Syncarida
  - Thalassinidea
- Ostracoda

Affiliations

Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution; member of The Crustacean Society, Biological Society of Washington, The Ecological Society of America, Phi Kappa Phi, Senate of Scientists, Smithsonian Institution

Research Interests

Biodiversity, taxonomy, systematics, zoogeography, and ecology of decapod crustacean, particularly galatheoid crabs in the Families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae; Invertebrate fauna associated with deep-water Lophelia pertusa reefs; Biodiversity, systematics, and ecology of lobsters

Publications

Journal Article

Weinnig, Alexis M., Aunins, Aaron W., Salamone, Veronica, Quattrini, Andrea M., Nizinski, Martha S., and Morrison, Cheryl L. 2024. "Population structure of Desmophyllum pertusum found along the United States eastern continental margin." BMC Research Notes, 17, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-06977-4.
McClain-Counts, Jennifer P., Ross, Steve W., and Nizinski, Martha S. 2023. "Habitat utilization, demography, and behavioral observations of the squat lobster, Eumunida picta (Crustacea: Anomura: Eumunididae), on western North Atlantic deep-water coral habitats." Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103953.
Kinlan, Brian P., Poti, Matthew, Drohan, Amy F., Packer, David B., Dorfman, Dan S., and Nizinski, Martha S. 2020. "Predictive modeling of suitable habitat for deep-sea corals offshore the Northeast United States." Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 158 Article 103229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103229.
Moura, Carlos J., Lessios, Harilaos, Cortes, Jorge, Nizinski, Martha S., Reed, John, Santos, Ricardo S., and Collins, Allen G. 2018. "Hundreds of genetic barcodes of the species-rich hydroid superfamily Plumularioidea (Cnidaria, Medusozoa) provide a guide toward more reliable taxonomy." Scientific Reports, 8 17986. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35528-8.
Nizinski, Martha S. and Adams, Caitlin. 2018. "Northern Neighbors:Transboundary Exploration of Deepwater Communities." Oceanography, 31, (1 Supplement) 90–91.
Wagner, Daniel, Etnoyer, Peter J., Nizinski, Martha, Schmahl, George P., Hickerson, Emma, Sterne, Travis, and Nuttall, Marissa. 2018. "Southeast Deep Coral Initiative: Exploring Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems off the Southeast United States." Oceanography, 31, (1 Supplement) 98–99.
Coykendall, D. Katharine, Nizinski, Martha S., and Morrison, Cheryl L. 2017. "A phylogenetic perspective on diversity of Galatheoidea (Munida, Munidopsis) from cold-water coral and cold seep communities in the western North Atlantic Ocean." Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 137 258–272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.08.014.
Fernandez-Arcaya, Ulla, Ramirez-Llodra, Eva, Aguzzi, Jacopo, Allcock, A. L., Davies, Jaime S., Dissanayake, Awantha, Harris, Peter, Howell, Kerry, Huvenne, Veerle A. I., Macmillan-Lawler, Miles, Martín, Jacobo, Menot, Lenaick, Nizinski, Martha S., Puig, Pere, Rowden, Ashley A., Sanchez, Florence, and Van, den Beld. 2017. "Ecological Role of Submarine Canyons and Need for Canyon Conservation: A Review." Frontiers in Marine Science, 4 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00005.
Pawson, David L., Nizinski, Martha S., Ames, Cheryl Lewis, and Pawson, Doris J. 2015. "Deep-sea echinoids and holothurians (Echinodermata) near cold seeps and coral communities in the northern Gulf of Mexico." Bulletin of Marine Science, 91, (2) 167–204. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2014.1064.
Quattrini, Andrea M., Nizinski, Martha S., Chaytor, Jason D., Demopoulos, Amanda W. J., Roark, E. B., France, Scott C., Moore, Jon A., Heyl, Taylor, Auster, Peter J., Kinlan, Brian, Ruppel, Carolyn, Elliott, Kelley P., Kennedy, Brian R. C., Lobecker, Elizabeth, Skarke, Adam, and Shank, Timothy M. 2015. "Exploration of the Canyon-Incised Continental Margin of the Northeastern United States Reveals Dynamic Habitats and Diverse Communities." PLOS ONE, 10, (10) e0139904. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139904.

Mah, Christopher L., Mercier, Annie, Hamel, Jean-François, and Nizinski, Martha S. 2012. "Range Extensions and Taxonomic Notes on Atlantic Myxasteridae (Velatida; Asteroidea)." Zootaxa, (3572) 55–62.
Quattrini, Andrea M., Ross, Steve W., Carlson, Michael C. T., and Nizinski, Martha S. 2012. "Megafaunal-habitat associations at a deep-sea coral mound off North Carolina, USA." Marine Biology, 159, (5) 1079–1094. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-1888-7.
Anker, Arthur and Nizinski, Martha S. 2011. "Description of a new deep-water species of Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 from the Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae)." Zootaxa, (2925) 49–56.
Morrison, Cheryl L., Ross, Steve W., Nizinski, Martha S., Brooke, Sandra, Jaernegren, Johanna, Waller, Rhian G., Johnson, Robin L., and King, Tim L. 2011. "Genetic discontinuity among regional populations of Lophelia pertusa in the North Atlantic Ocean." Conservation Genetics, 12, (3) 713–729. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0178-5.
Vervoort, W., Henry, L. A., and Nizinski, Martha S. 2011. "Redescription of the leptothecate hydroid Halecium macrocephalum Allman, 1877 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)." Journal of Natural History, 45, (33-34) 2095–2104. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.582967.
Mah, Christopher L., Nizinski, Martha S., and Lundsten, Lonny. 2010. "Phylogenetic Revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): Systematics of Deep Sea Corallivores, including one new genus and three new species." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 160 266–301.
Baba, Keiji, Macpherson, Enrique, Poore, Gary C. B., Ahyong, Shane T, Bermudez, Adriana, Cabezas, Patricia, Lin, Chia-Wei, Nizinski, Martha S., Rodrigues, Celso, and Schnabel, Kareen E. 2008. "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura-families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)." Zootaxa, (1905) 1–220.
Henry, L., Nizinski, Martha S., and Ross, S. W. 2008. "Occurrence and biogeography of hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from deep-water coral habitats off the southeastern United States." Deep-Sea Research. Part I, Oceanographic Research Papers, 55 788–800.
Brooks, R. Allen, Nizinski, Martha S., Ross, Steve W., and Sulak, Kenneth J. 2007. "Frequency of sublethal injury in a deepwater ophiuroid, Ophiacantha bidentata, an important component of western Atlantic Lophelia reef communities." Marine Biology, 152, (2) 307–314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0690-4.
Nizinski, Martha S. 2007. "Predation in subtropical soft-bottom systems: spiny lobster and molluscs in Florida Bay." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 345 185–197.
Nizinski, Martha S. 2003. "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116, (1) 96–157.
Munroe, Thomas A. and Nizinski, Martha S. 2000. "Order Clupeiformes. Families Chirocentridae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae and Pristigasteridae." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 8 587–588.
Munroe, Thomas A., Nizinski, Martha S., and Mahadeva, M. N. 1991. "Symphurus-Prolatinaris, a New Species of Shallow-Water Tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes, Cynoglossidae) from the Eastern Pacific." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104, (3) 448–458.
Munroe, Thomas A. and Nizinski, Martha S. 1990. "Symphurus-Melasmatotheca and S Undecimplerus (Cynoglossidae, Pleuronectiformes), 2 New Eastern Pacific Tonguefishes with Eleven Caudal-Fin Rays." Copeia, (4) 985–996.
Nizinski, Martha S., Collette, Bruce B., and Washington, B. B. 1990. "Separation of two species of sand lances, Ammodytes americanus and A. dubius, in the western North Atlantic." Fishery Bulletin, 88, (2) 241–255.
Nizinski, Martha S. 1989. "Ecological Distribution, Demography and Behavioral Observations on Periclimenes-Anthophilus, an Atypical Symbiotic Cleaner Shrimp." Bulletin of Marine Science, 45, (1) 174–188.

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Book Chapter

Quattrini, Andrea M., Nizinski, Martha S., Lunden, Jay J., Mienis, Furu, Morrison, Cheryl L., Sautter, Leslie, Seim, Harvey, Todd, Robert E., and Reed, John. 2023. "Cold-Water Coral Reefs of the Southeastern United States." In Cold-Water Coral Reefs of the World. Cordes, Erik and Mienis, Furu, editors. 91–126. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. In Coral Reefs of the World, 19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40897-7_4.
Morrison, Cheryl L., Baco, Amy R., Nizinski, Martha S., Coykendall, D. K., Demopoulos, A. W. J., Cho, W., and Shank, T. M. 2017. "Population Connectivity of Deep‐Sea Corals." In The State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the United States. Hourigan, T. F., Etnoyer, P. J., and Cairns, Stephen D., editors. 379–407.
Packer, David B., Nizinski, Martha S., Bachman, Michelle S., Drohan, Amy F., Poti, Matthew, and Kinlan, Brian P. 2017. "Chapter 9. State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the U.S. Northeast Region." In The State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the United States. Hourigan, T. F., Etnoyer, P. J., and Cairns, Stephen D., editors. 237–297. States. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS‐OHC‐4.
Nizinski, Martha S. 2016. "Ammodytidae, sandlances." In The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume 4: Bony fishes part 2 (Perciformes to Tetraodontiformes) and sea turtles. Carpenter, Kent E. and De Angelis, N., editors. 2784–2785. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes).
Nizinski, Martha S. and Munroe, Thomas A. 2016. "Engraulidae, anchovies." In The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony fishes part 1 (Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes). Carpenter, Kent E. and De Angelis, N., editors. 1715–1718. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes).
Nizinski, Martha S. 2014. "Lobsters." In The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic.Vol.1: Introduction, crustaceans, chitons, and cephalopods. 197–234. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes.
Ross, S. W. and Nizinski, Martha S. 2007. "State of deep coral ecosystems in the U.S. southeast region: Cape Hatteras to southeastern Florida." In The state of the deep coral ecosystems of the United States.. Lumsden, S. E., Hourigan, T. F., Bruckner, A. W., and Dorr, G., editors. 233–269. Silver Spring, MD: NOAA.
Munroe, Thomas A. and Nizinski, Martha S. 2003. "Clupeidae." In The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication 5. Vol. 2. Carpenter, Kent E., editor. 804–830. FAO.
Nizinski, Martha S. and Munroe, Thomas A. 2003. "Engraulidae." In The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication 5. Vol. 2. Carpenter, Kent E., editor. 764–794. FAO.
Munroe, Thomas A., Nizinski, Martha S., and Wongratana, T. 1999. "Chirocentridae." In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). Carpenter, Kent E. and Niem, V. H., editors. 1771–1774. FAO.

Munroe, Thomas A., Nizinski, Martha S., and Wongratana, T. 1999. "Pristigasteridae." In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). Carpenter, Kent E. and Niem, V. H., editors. 1754–1770. FAO.
Munroe, Thomas A., Wongratana, T., and Nizinski, Martha S. 1999. "Clupeidae." In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). Carpenter, Kent E. and Niem, V. H., editors. 1775–1821. FAO.
Wongratana, T., Munroe, Thomas A., and Nizinski, Martha S. 1999. "Family Engraulididae." In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). Carpenter, Kent E. and Niem, V. H., editors. 1698–1753. FAO.

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Web Page / Electronic Publication

Packer, D. B., Nizinski, M. S., Cairns, Stephen D., and Hourigan, T. F. 2017. Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in the U.S. Northeast Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution.

Dataset

Packer, David B., Nizinski, Martha S., Cairns, Stephen D., and Hourigan, Thomas F. 2017. [Dataset] Deep‐Sea Coral Taxa in the U.S. Northeast Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution. Distributed by Silver Spring, MD: States. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS‐OHC‐4.

Book

Collette, Bruce B., Parin, N. V., and Nizinski, Martha S. 1992. Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 525. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.525.

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